Using
God’s name to do what we want to will find us in trouble with
him, unless what we want to do is
what God would have us do. At the Last Judgment – which could happen at any
time, we must always remember – it is not those who cry out: LORD LORD, save me, I did such and such,
even a good such and such, using your name! who will be saved – but only
those who can honestly add to it: that
which I sincerely believed was YOUR WILL and NOT MINE in every instance!
This is the one who will be saved.
So, it is our motivation that is very important: are
we motivated in our actions by plugging ourselves into God’s loving design, and
carrying out the part assigned us by God in the compilation of a magnificent
piece of artwork – or are we into plugging ourselves, our short-sighted,
self-seeking interests that will lead to making an unsightly blotch on the
Royal Tapestry!
Abram of the first reading got
impatient waiting for God to act in giving him a son as he promised, and so he
took matters into his own hands – and Ishmael was the result. Ishmael and his
descendants always seem to be at odds with the true son of Abraham, Isaac who
would be born shortly thereafter. Not that Ishmael is a blotch on the canvas,
but things might have been different if Abram was not so impatient!
May we patiently wait for God
to lead us, by means of the Holy Spirit, the gift of our Confirmation, through
the day and so that our words and actions are actually his, and are seen as
generous and extravagant brush strokes of the Great Artisan Himself: God our
Heavenly Father!
Give
thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
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